If you aren't using a good herbal skin care treatment already, you're overdue.

Why?

First, a surprise: Here are some reasons for using herbal skin care that don't make sense.

You DON'T need herbal treatment for the skin because...

1. Sodium lauryl sulfate is linked to cancer
2. Commercial chemicals in skin care treatment are bad for your skin
3. Herbs are good for your sexual health

What's wrong with those three reasons? They make no sense.

1. Neither sodium lauryl sulfate (also spelled sodium laurel sulfate, both abbreviated SLS) nor its close cousin sodium laureth sulfate, or sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), are cancer-causing agents.

This baloney has been spread all over the web for at least 15 years because... well, just because anybody can spread anything over the web. And also because one way to make a lot of money is to scare people unnecessarily.

The truth: both SLS and SLES are irritants. That's all. Get shampoo in your eyes with SLS or SLES in it, and you'll want it out real quick. Of course, that's true of plain soap, no matter how pure or natural.

If you read a claim that sodium lauryl sulfate is "linked to cancer," either someone's trying to scam you or someone doesn't even know they're repeating a claim proved false a long time ago -- either way, doesn't give you much confidence in the rest of what they have to say, does it?

2. Chemicals are one of the basic building blocks of everything, including you and me. So the truth about commercial chemicals is, some are helpful, some are neutral and some can be damaging to the skin. You should be suspicious about anybody making sweeping general statements like "commercial skin care chemicals are bad for you."

3. Some herbs are great for your sexual health -- but that's when they're taken as dietary supplements, not when they're applied to the skin. Herbal skin care treatment can give your skin a healthy glow, which certainly helps you look sexy. And those are both wonderful things in themselves.

So why use any herbal treatment for the skin?

Because the best are wonderful. And you want wonderful, don't you?

The best herbal skin care treatment can do everything the hundreds of synthetic-ridden skin care products on the market can do -- only better.